Sri Lanka, Jan. 14 -- The remains of three Sri Lankan students - who died at Baku in Azerbaijan due to toxic suffocation after a fire broke out in the building they occupied - are expected to be brought to Sri Lanka today with the assistance of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
When family members of the victims - of whom two were sisters - met with Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardana last morning at his office, the latter said the government would provide financial assistance of Rs.500,000 to each victim to facilitate airlifting their bodies to the country.
A discussion was scheduled yesterday between authorities of the Azerbaijan Government and officials attached to the Sri Lankan Embassy in Teheran to expedite the process. A postm...